It was only five months before the 2014 Winter Olympics when Team GB snowboarder Billy Morgan ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his right knee during practice. He was medically advised that the injury required an operation, but with the recovery time for an ACL op lasting a...

By Maureen Callahan She’s been called a “slaughterhouse in a blouse” — by Eminem, no less — and loves it. She can take all comers, male or female, and was just ranked the No. 1 pound-for-pound MMA fighter by Sports Illustrated. She usually puts someone away in under a minute; her last fight was 14 seconds. “When I go for it,”...

By Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News. Mental health is still an issue that some people are reluctant to talk about despite the fact that one in four people will be affected in some way. So it may come as a surprise that the world of professional football – often seen as macho and tough – is taking the...

Why does a top Premier League manager feel alone? How can you feel isolated, with no-one to turn to, in a bustling dressing room? Why can a jet-setting sporting lifestyle leave you feeling like a stranger in your own home? By Tom Reynolds for BBC Sport Elite sport can appear a privileged profession, a chance to live out the...

Their prodigious footballing talents were spotted at an early age, and they were soon snapped up and attached to the biggest clubs writes Andy Mitten from United We Stand in the Bleacher Reports. They won professional contracts, sharing dressing rooms and bedrooms with some of the biggest names in world football. Some even...

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Wullie Broom – The Celtic Nework is curious and asks the question, “When I look at Neil Lennon and I think to myself. Where the hell does he get the strength from ? “ The reason I ask is because like our Gaffer I suffer from depression. This isn’t the type of depression that can be sorted over six months ...

Nothing is more important in life than looking after one’s own health and welfare and that goes for sports stars as well as for the rest of us mere mortals in this period of recession. Micheal O`Neill from Sports News Ireland explains results of this year’s Pfizer Health Index reveal the impact that the recession is having on...

Liviu Bird from NCB Sports – Pro Soccer Talk discusses how fifty Italian Serie A players took a survey from Gazzetta dello Sport, the results of which were published Thursday and revealed that many of those surveyed had heard a racist comment from a colleague, and depression can also hit professional athletes, among other...

After retiring from the game in 2007, his life descended into crisis.Gary Doyle (www.thestar.ie) interviews Jason McAteer and discusses the mental demons he battled when he retired from Football. McAteer talks about how so many players have absolutely no future planned out for themselves once they hang up their boots. Not managing...

Matt Slater from BBC Sport discusses Life after sport and how difficult and challenging the transition can be from ” Weekly Sports Star to Normal Joe Sub” It is a very knowledgeable and eye opener read. Links to articles and pictures can be found at the bottom of page. “I only felt pain – being numb...

A photo of AFL senior coaches in 2009 show`s that only Alastair Clarkson remains in the same job at the same club. This is a frighting write up from www.theage.com.au that show`s us how a role of a coach is ruthless, physical and mentally challenging that can lead to all sorts of health issues and the most common of all “Burn...